Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

soldier who was the admiration of all
Europe. One of these Bsyard brothers,
belonging to the reformed faith in France,
Fl q to Holland to escape religious perse-
CutiOn. While resident there he WOOed
and welded Annie, the sister of Peter
StuyVesant, the doughty statesman who
afterwards became Governor of New
Amsterdam. When the Governor arrived
in New York the Bayards accompanied
him. Their family he'd increased and
they brought with them three sons aud q
daughter Petrus, the youngest of these
s0Hs. was naturaliz3d in Maryland in 1854.
He married there, ard it was from this
brauch Of he family that the three Sena-
tors sprung.
Secretary BGyard has resided in Wash
ingtOn quite twenty years as Congress-
man, Senator aud Secretary, yet ne knows
fewer people, perhaps, than many public
men who have lived here one-fourlh Of
hat time. He has always been poor
man, has entertained very little, and up
to the time he was called TO the Cabinet
he went very little into society, though
the ladies' Of his family were always prom
iaent in sll social affairs. The Secretary
is very hard and constant worker, and
except at official entertainments one
rarely sees him outside his home
Or Office. He is generally at his
desk by 2 O'Clock in the morning and sell
dom leaves 1t before IN the afternoon.
And it is hard work, too, that the Score
tsry does. Now he receives s foreign
legation ID full dress, then member of
Congress wh) wants C0usulship, next
returned minister. Standing in the dlplO-
matte reception room you can perhaps in
an hour he4r more foreign tongues
spoken than in the same space Of time
anywhere else. ItrequireS man of very
varied talents and requirements to at
tend to the vast amount OF BUSINESS
carried on by the department, and Mr..
Bsyard has his hands full. Frequently
he does not have time to 60 to lunchh
and sends a mess niger to the dry
around the corner for 8 biscuit snd a
glass Of milk which costs him 10 cents
This is the only meal he takes betWeen5
his early breakfast and late dinner. The
S. cretary goes TO and from his home in
the Official carriage, which is drawn by q
well matched, pair of bags and is sadly in
need of coat of varniNh. Usually he IS
accompanied on these short drives by one
of his daughters. l have seen him at
home and st Office, on the cars and in the
Senate, but II was at his home surrounded
by his family that ne impressed me most
favQrably."
Washington may be called city of ter
races, for nowhere do you see so many of
them, and nowhere do they show to such
advantage. We have the best graded
streets of any American city, but in build
ing them we brought into being RultIpli-
city OF terraces The residence of Bayard is
q rather old fashioned brick edItce, built
in very high terrace, situsted on Massa-
Chusetts avenue. Taking into considers
ton that the house is in the center of the
city where land is valuable, there is quite
q ialge garden in front. The garden may
be said TO be two stories high, for the
terrace is double one and steps lead from
one portion TO the other. The house
is built Of dull red brick and IS
surmounted with a plain msnssrd roof
from which two small dOrmer windows
project. The house is quite large, but
though ii does not front more than twen-
ty-eisht feet 1t runs back more than
eighty in a series of more or less ancient
additions. a large open porch extends
across the entire front, and over and
through the interstices of the fancifuI iron
railing, rose trees and vines cluster and
hang, almost hiding the French windows
Of the drawing room. This porch